Professor D.K. Komilzoda was born on June 9, 1950, in the town of Ghonchi, Devashtich District, into a teacher’s family. After graduating from secondary school in 1967, he entered the Faculty of Zootechnics of the Tajik Agricultural Institute (now the Tajik Agrarian University named after Shirinsho Shotemur), which he successfully completed in 1972. In 1983, he completed postgraduate studies (by correspondence) at the Department of Poultry Science of the K.A. Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy.
He began his professional career in 1972 as a research associate at the Research Institute of Animal Husbandry of Tajikistan, where he organized and headed the first poultry laboratory and poultry department. He also served as Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs. Since 1998, he has worked as Scientific Secretary of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and for more than 10 years he served as Chief Scientific Secretary of the Academy.
Professor Komilzoda’s scientific activity began during his student years, when he worked on his diploma thesis titled “Improvement of the Technology for Raising Young Laying Hens in Cages.”
In 1986, he defended his Candidate of Sciences dissertation on “The Effect of Combined Feeding and Lighting Regimes on the Efficiency of Raising Laying Hens under Industrial Poultry Farming Conditions” at the Peoples’ Friendship University named after P. Lumumba in Moscow. In 1996, he defended his Doctoral dissertation titled “Methods for Improving Egg Production Efficiency in the Hot and Dry Conditions of Tajikistan” at the All-Russian Research and Technological Institute of Poultry Farming, a prestigious international institution.
Professor Komilzoda has authored more than 310 scientific works, including over 30 books and monographs, 28 methodological recommendations, and 16 innovation proposals.
He has trained many young scientists. Under his supervision, 11 candidates and doctoral researchers have successfully defended their theses.
His scientific contributions have been recognized by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan with honorary awards and distinctions, including the “Meritorious Service” medal, certificates of honor of the Republic of Tajikistan, and various awards from sectoral ministries and agencies.
The life and professional activity of the esteemed academic D. Komilzoda today serve as a model of excellence and inspiration, especially for young scientists and researchers.
We sincerely congratulate the respected professor on his 76th anniversary and wish him good health, happiness, long life, prosperity, and continued success in his fruitful scientific and professional activities.
As the great poet Saadi wisely said:
“A wise and skilled man needs two lifetimes in this world —
one to gain experience, and the other to apply it.”
With sincere respect,
The Administration and Staff of the Institute of Livestock and Pasture Management of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences
